The first matches for the foreign clubs of the top Greek table tennis athletes are coming on Thursday night. Sgouropoulos participates in the eight of the Champions League with the German Noi Ulm. Its opponent is the traditionally strong UMMC from Russia, with the first match taking place in Germany.
Gionis, who returns to the competition tables after about two and a half months and with the problem in Achilles has not left him, will compete with the Polish Bogoria in the quarterfinals of the second-ranked European tournament, the Europe Cup. The opponent will be Roskilde from Denmark, the first match is also held on Thursday away from home and the “bronze” European champion of 2013 will leave Athens on Wednesday.
We remind you that Noi Ulm and Bogoria had met in early November in the Champions League groups, the ticket for the octave had been taken by the German club (with Sgouropoulos defeating Gionis in the penultimate match of the second before starting new treatment due to a relapse in the leg), while the Poles in third place continue their European “adventure” in the Europe Cup.
In the top European Cup, Noi Ulm has already succeeded in its mission, as it entered the board by proceeding from two phases of groups. With first place in her own group and second place after, where she even met another Russian team, the former European champion Orenburg.
Sgouropoulos has been in Germany for a few days now for training and, as in Warsaw in the second phase of the groups, he will now be in the top three along with the Russians Vladimir Sintorenko and Lev Katsman. UMMC went to the “knockouts” as a group winner. The great match starts at 20:00.
The second race will be held in Verknaya, Russia on the 19th of the month. The winning team will meet in the semifinals of the Champions League either Orenburg or Sporting Lisbon.
In the Europe Cup, Bogoria wants to “chase” the distinction for another year, however it does not go to Denmark with the best conditions. She does not have the unprepared Marek Badowski at her disposal, she knows that Gionis cannot be in the best condition, due to the problem in Achilles, while she will also be deprived of her coach, Tomas Regzimski, who is positive for the coronavirus.
Apart from the Greek ace, the Polish team will have in the trio the Czech Pavel Siruczek and the son of the coach Milos Radzimski, while Pavel Fertikowski will be in the technical guidance.
Roskilde is also from the Champions League and was third in its own group in early November. The match starts at 20:00. The rematch will take place on the 21st of the month in Grozjk.
* This year, as is well known, is to hold for the first time a third European Club Cup of ETTU, the so-called Europe Trophy. The women’s team of Panathinaikos has declared its participation in the event, which was postponed due to the pandemic.
According to the latest update on the European Union’s website of the sport, the games are scheduled to take place from March to July 2021. Fortunately, the first round in the group stages is to be held on March 13 and 14 and remains to be seen. confirmed for each area.
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